Rogers, James E., 1938-

James Earl "Jim" Rogers was born on on September 15, 1938 and moved with his family to Las Vegas, Nevada from Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1953. Rogers graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1956 and eventually went on to earn degrees from the University of Arizona in accounting and law, a masters of law from the University of Southern California in 1963, and his doctorate of law from the University of Arizona in 1998.

Rogers taught legal writing at the University of Illinois Law School in 1964 before returning to Las Vegas to practice law. He founded Valley Broadcasting Company in 1971, and Rogers stopped practicing law in 1988 to focus soley on his radio and television holdings.

Rogers owned Intermountain West Communications (formerly Sunbelt Broadcasting), operator of KSNV-TV's Las Vegas NBC affiliate, Channel 3 and produced a television series "Inside Nevada with Jim Rogers," which was broadcast between 2009 and 2014. Rogers was also chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) from 2005 to 2009.

"Inside Nevada with Jim Rogers" featured guests from Nevada and focused on state, county, city, and NSHE issues and politics. Guests ranged from public office holders to prominent business owners and community members. Past presidents, deans, faculty, and administrators from UNLV often appeared as guests on his show.

Rogers passed away on June 14, 2014 from cancer.

Sources:

Richmond, Emily. "The Legacy of Chancellor Jim Rogers." Las Vegas Sun. July 05, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2018. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/05/legacy-chancellor-jim-rogers/.

"UNLV Mourns the Passing of Former NSHE Chancellor Jim Rogers." UNLV. June 16, 2014. Accessed December 26, 2018. https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/unlv-mourns-passing-former-nshe-chancellor-jim-rogers.